Besides being an avid astronomer and ATM, I love riding my motorcycle and flying open cockpit airplanes. In November of 2001, I bought a brand new Honda VTX...
Mike, that was good to hear about the perps being captured. Hope you get all your money back. I like the idea of a civil suit to help it along. Yes, to...
I hope some of you boys and girls got your little chilly bodies out under the stars this weekend to see Comet C2002 T7. "T7"?, sounds like a sci-fi movie with...
Kent, Just a couple of questions... Is this comet 'inbound'? If so, when will it reach it's closest proximity to us. Pj __________________________________ Do...
Comet C2002 T7 LINEAR reaches greatest perihelion on April 22. As a point of interest, next week the comet will sail within 1/2-degree east of the bright 2.8m...
Folks, I cannot find our "Mars in 3-D" set of slides or the 3-D glasses...if anyone knows where they are please email. Thanks, and if the weather permits I...
Don R Surles
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Feb 3, 2004 12:19 am
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With the stupid moon in the sky, and having exhaused Saturn as well as Jupiter, what else can we observe? Ah, I got it: Hind's Crimson Star (R Leporis) The...
Kent, Your amazing... Your like the Energizer Bunny for astronomy. When I grow up I want to be just like Kent! =============================== Tim Milligan ...
... Kent, is R Leporis a particularly red red giant, or is it one of the class of stellar objects known as "carbon stars"? (Or something completely different?)...
Thanks to all who attended the Feb 04 meeting of Delmarva Star Gazers. I understand the anxiety surrounding the weather/driving conditions and hope each of...
Don R Surles
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Feb 4, 2004 1:06 pm
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R Leporis is an excellent example of a Mira-type variable carbon star, and has a period of 432 days. I didn't note what the current magnitude is when I...
Here is a snippet from a MSNBC article on the Mossbauer spectrometer and finding hematite and why NASA cares... Opportunity also began a 24-hour analysis of...
What about the old maxim that the moon itself is something worthy of lifelong study? Or is that just something they tell beginning observers to get them ...
The moon, what's that? I hate the moon. It gets in the way. Well, sometimes it is nice to romance by, but never to observe. Not to this diehard deep-sky ...
The current magnitude of the Mira-type variable star R Leporis is 8.7 in it's 432-day cycle from 5.5-11.7 magnitude range. The fainter it gets the more deep...
I am sure this sounds "spacey" but, I really like looking over the edge of the moon across the mountains/craters and into deep space. It is like the feeling I...
Lunar Real Estate For Sale! Actually, Mr. Hope has claimed all the real estate in the solar system except Earth because the nations involved in space...
Don R Surles
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Feb 5, 2004 1:03 pm
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I have started to use the time that the moon is around to do some outreach. It is normally a wasted time and it fits nicely into my schedule. I too, think...
Michael Borgia, please send an email to Frank Sheldon at "f.a.sheldon@..." Frank needs to contact you for some info on "Our Atmoshpere" for the newsletter....
Don R Surles
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Feb 5, 2004 2:45 pm
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Sure, R Leporis is also known as Hind's Crimson Star: 04h 59 36 RA -14 48' DEC Kent ... From: "jrtf" <jrtf@...> To:...
I found this mount design while searching for something else. It is an interesting adaptation of Dob mounting. http://www.c2optical.com/mount.htm Bill Hartung ...
Interesting how smalla world it really is. If you check out this link you see a intersting design but notice as well that the 3D rendered images of the design...
I have been reading and listening to the ideas for the club's 22" scope. I am not an experienced AMT'er , but I have my thoughts. It seems that time and...
Paul and others: I arrived home yesterday to find 12-13 boxes of blanks and tools on my front porch - an the laundry room has a couple of boxes of grits and...
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